Paper-roll holder



(No Model.)

D. P. WALKER.

PAPER ROLL HOLDER.

2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Patented June 18, 1895.

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(No Model.) 2 Sheets- Sheet -2.

D.. F. WALKER.

PAPER ROLL HOLDER. No. 541.192. [L2 I Patented June 18.1895.

UNTTED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

DWIGHT F. WALKER, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

PAPER-ROLL HOLDER.

:SPECIFICATION forming part of' Letters Patent No. 541,192, dated June 18, 189,5. Application filed February 6 1895. Serial No. 537,477- (No model.)

To all whom it may oon/cern:

Be it known that I, DWIGHT F. IVALKER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Philadelphia, in the -county of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Roll-Paper Holders, of which the following-is a specification.

The invention relates to roll paper holders.

The object is to produce a device in the nature of a convertible stand by which one or more rolls of paper may be rotatably sustained upon a table,.or a Wall, or suspended from a counter or shelf; further, to render the holder adjustable to rolls varying in len'gth; and further, to employ an all metal holder and thereby secure increased strength and at the same time reduce the cost of manufacture to a minimum.

lVith these objects in View, the invention consists in certain novel features of construction and an arrangement of parts to be hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the several views.

Figure l is a view in perspective of one embodiment of theinvention applied. Fig. 2 is a view in elevation of the same with parts shown in section to more clearly illustrate the detailed construction and relative arrangement of parts. Fig. 3 is a View in elevation showing the adjustable ro11-holders. Figs. 4, 5, and 6 are views in detail showing the mounting for the rolls.

In the drawings, A, represents a roll paper holding stand, comprising duplicate end castings or roll supporting standards d, and a connecting brace a2, preferably tubular, upon which the castings are mounted, to have rotary or endwise movement. In the adjacent faces of these castings, converging grooves or ways are formed and serve as guides for combined tension and cutter bars. These guides and bars being fully described in a former patent granted to lne December l2, 1894, Serial No. 510,742, a detailed description thereof is not here deemed necessary.

The castings are provided with angular lugs or feet d3, of any suitable form; -also with apertured heads d4, having set screws tapped therein, by means of which the castings are held axially Aadjustable upon the tube and at suitable distances apart, the distance varying as the length of the roll to be supported. v

To double the carrying capacity of this holder, it is only necessary to employ two additional castings, which are provided at each end with an apertured head,and placed upon the brace and secured by set screws, as above described. These castings receive in the upper apertured heads, a second rod or tube, by which they are held securely connected. In this manner, any number of rolls of paper may be supported, by adding the required castings and rods or tubes, but should it prove undesirable to increase the heightof the stand, the necessary carrying capacity may be readily obtained by using longer rods or tubes, as will be at once apparent. To substitute one, two or three small rolls, for a long one-or vice versa-the half length hangers a5 shown in Fig. 3, are atv times employed, and by their use, a stand or holder of medium size may be arranged to support or suspend a number of rolls of paper varying in length.

In mounting rolls Vfor use with stands of the constructiondescribed, I employ tubular plugs B, which are preferably of wood and are tapered, as shown in Figs. 4, and 5, of the drawings.v By reason of the taper given the plugs, they will become more or less wedged, when in position, and thereby held against working loose. Fitted into the ends of the plugs, are vtubular flanged metal sleeves b which receive the spindle b2. This spindle may be a rod or tube, and projects a distance sufficient to enter the recessed lugs or bearings b3 of the end castings.

As a substitute for the mounting described, that shown in Figs. 5, and 6, may be used, and comprises a substantiallysimilar plug b4, which is fitted in the roll, as before described, and receives a stud spindle b5. These spindles are placed so as to project through an opening in the end castings and enter the tubular plugs, and terminate at their outer ends, in suitable heads which serve to facilitate the withdrawal of the spindle and at the same time, form an ornamental nish.

Prominent among the many advantages of an all metal stand,may be mentioned its low IOO cost of manufacture; furthermore, its great strength and durability; furthermore, its ad-v justability to rolls varying in length; and finally, the readiness with which it can be altered to accommodate an increased number of rolls. A Y

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new is- A roll paper holder, comprising a pair'of roll supporting standards, a brace to which the standards are adj ustably connected, a second pair of roll supporting standards adjustably mounted on the brace so as to be secured in any position axially there-on and suitably spaced from each other, as specified.

' 2. The combination with a series of rollsupports, of a tubular connecting brace, certain of the supports being mounted to have rotary and endwise movement, and screws by which the supports are adjustably held, for the purpose described.

3. A support for roll paper, .comprisimg and shell and having an annular fiange at its outer end, for the purpose described.

In testimonywhereof I have affixed my sig-` nature in the presence of two Witnesses.

DWIGHT F. WALKER.

Witnesses:

SAMUEL L. TAYLOR, HORACE G. SEITZ. 

